Farmers in the Namoi Valley are angry听Whitehaven听Coal has been given the go-ahead to expand听its Narrabri mine. Jim McIlroy reports.
Issue 1341
News
Jim McIlroy reports on a picnic and walk-a-thon in solidarity with Cuba that was organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society.
Hundreds of residents protested Viva Energy鈥檚 proposal for a floating gas import terminal in Corio Bay. Sue Bull reports.
The recently released 2021 National Student Safety Survey听shows that sexual harassment and assault is widespread on university campuses. Sarah Hathway reports.
People travelled hundreds of kilometres by road from across the Northern Territory to put their opposition on the record for a听Senate inquiry into shale gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Hannah Ekin reports.
Aged care workers and nurses protested听Regis Healthcare鈥檚 proposed agreement which听attempts听to weaken conditions and offer minimal wage rises. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
The NSW government wants to sell a vacant site in Redfern that was previously 100% public housing to its property developer mates. Peter Boyle reports.
Peter Boyle reports that the NSW Liberal-National听government wants to sell听600 Elizabeth St, Redfern 鈥斕齰acant public land that was previously 100% public housing 鈥斕齮o property developers.
Environment groups are concerned about the recent merger between Western Australia uranium hopeful Vimy Resources and Deep Yellow,听Kerry Smith reports.
Dying With Dignity NSW and Go Gentle Australia and supporters of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill have pressed the case outside the NSW parliament. Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter report.
A vigil for the release of听Palestinian aid worker Mohammed El Halabi was organised on April 2. Kerry Smith reports.
Analysis
The new IPCC report is upbeat about the possibilities to keep global warming at bay. 惭补谤办别濒补听笔补苍别驳测谤别蝉 argues there is no doubt that leaving fossil fuels in the ground is the bottom line.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was less than honest when he told Insiders听that the government鈥檚 vision of tax reform includes a 鈥渟impler tax system, a fairer tax system and lower tax鈥, writes听Alex Bainbridge.
The Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill 2021听represents听a threat听Sydney鈥檚 iconic parklands by opening the door to privatisation. Ben Radford reports.
The NSW Coalition, with the support of NSW Labor and the conservative crossbench, have听enacted听laws that effectively ban direct actions. Abigail Boyd describes the anti-democratic push听to pass these draconian new laws.
The refugee deal with New Zealand offers some mitigation to Australia's cruel refugee policy. But, Binoy Kampmark听asks, what will happen听to the many hundreds of others in detention?
The integrated nature of the world's economies means that it is a fiction that national budgets are divorced from the global setting,听William Briggs explains.
Fionn Skiotis听talks about North and East Syria Solidarity,听which听seeks听to inform people and collect material support for the revolution in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
World
The cop who fatally shot Amir Locke during a predawn, 鈥渘o-knock鈥 raid in February, will not face charges, reports Malik Miah.
John Mullen shares his analysis of the politics of Jean-Luc Melenchon and La France Insoumise.
Viktor Orb谩n鈥檚 conservative-nationalist Fidesz party won the April 3 Hungarian general elections, but failed to achieve the required votes on an anti-LGBTI referendum, reports Dick Nichols.
Vitaliy Dudin听discusses听Russia鈥檚 invasion, the peoples鈥 resistance to it and key issues such as Ukraine鈥檚 far right, NATO and sending weapons to Ukraine.
Protests erupted after Peru鈥檚 Constitutional Court reinstated a 2017 pardon granted to imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori, reports Ben Radford.
Tesla is being sued in a class action in the United States over a shocking racist culture and practice, reports Malik Miah.
Against the odds, Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York City, won a historic ballot to form a union on April 1, reports Malik Miah.
The Republican Party is spearheading a reactionary drive against the hard-won gains of the women's liberation and LGBTI rights movements, reports Barry Sheppard.
French anti-capitalist activist and commentator John Mullen听discusses听the upcoming French election.
Russian feminist activist and historian Ella Rossman,听from听Feminist Anti-War Resistance, talks听about the challenges this new movement faces.
Culture
Filmmakers听Rodrigo Acuna and Nicholas Ford are aiming to have听their Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging听an Empire film ready in July. Jim McIlroy reports.
Ian Ellis Jones reviews Don Fitz's recent book about Cuba's revolutionary heath care system.
Happening shows the importance of legal abortion through the experience of a young woman forced into backyard abortion in early 1960s France.听Barry Healy听reviews.
Mexican novelist听Emiliano Monge exposes the spiritual vacuum at the heart of machismo and the bleakness of Mexican patriarchal politics.听Barry Healy reviews.
Writer/director Geoff Sykes has done a great job of re-imagining Australian rural political conflict into a modern setting with his new play, write Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter.